St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-09
Railroad Accident.

The Saratoga express on the Fitch
burg railroad, going west, met with a
serious accident at POwnel Station, at
$50 o'clock Tuesday night. The two
rear cars which were occupied by Phil
lips excursionists en- route to Californ-
ia, we're thrown from the track by the
springing of Il switch, and toppled over
upon their sides. A dozen or more were
pretty severely injured.
Arrest of a Wealthy Vermonter.
Robert FittOn of Ludlow, wealthy
man and formerly a manufacturer, was
arrested at Walpole, N. H., early Sun
day morning. Suspicion has rested
ton with burning mill property in
Windsor and Windham counties. For
years insurance companies have re-
fused to insure him or any member of
his family, but by strategy and in va
riOus ways he succeeds in getting it,,
and the property burns.
The Anderson Will Broken.
The great Anderson will contest is
ended by the jury bringing in a YER
dict for the plaintiff, Mary Maud Wat
son, wife of Alfred E. Watson of Hart
ford. The verdict virtually invalid
ates the will of the old millionaire and
affects the title to the SlS,000,O00 of
property which he left Indirectly. Di-
rectly it affects the title of Phyffe &
Campbell in the Plaza Hotel, Fifty
ninth street and Fifth avenue, award
ed to the plaintiff her One-fifth interest
in that property valued at about ST.
100000 as next of kin and heir-at law
of John Anderson. This will make
Mrs. Watson the richest woman in
Vermont.
Death of Mrs. Du BOis.
The sudden death from heart dis
ease of Annie E. Gilbert, wife of state
treasurer VIM. HI. Dubois, took place
at their home in West Randolph, Tues
day night, and will be "a sad surprise
to very large number of friends and
acquaintance. She had been ill, but
was supposed to be recovering. Mrs.
Dubois was a true lady of fine abilities,
culture, extensive acquaintance and
large intelligence. Hardly in middle
life, her death seems very untimely.
She leaves a husband and five children,
who will have the most sincere sympa-
thy of a large number of friends
throughout the state and abroad in
their great sorrow. - Bellows Falls
Times.
Liquor raids and seizures have been
going on the past week at Mortified
and the temperance people of that
town are well satisfied with the result.
The Cpd annual meeting of the gen.
eral convention of Congregational
ministers and churches of Vermont will
be held at SwantOn, commencing June
IA.
The Manchester Congregational
church has extended q call to Rev. E.
p. Wild, d. D., who recently resigned
as pastor of the Newport church and
it is expected that he will accept the
call.
The summer boarding house and a
barn belonging to George A. Sawyer
on Maple Grove Farm, West Newbury,
were completely destroyed by fire Sun
day morning. Loss $4,000; insured
for $3.50.
Commencement at Norwich univer-
sity in Mortified will be held June 81
to %. The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Howard f. Hill
of Montpelier. The grafton before the
graduating class will be delivered by
Congressman GrOut of Barton.
Boys were playing abou. cars which
stood on the Waldo cOmpany's switch
at Fair Haven. The boys would move
the cars and then let them run back to
be coupled by one of the number. Ed
die Shelley, about fourteen years of
age, while thus engaged was caught by
the head between the "deadwoOds" of
the cars and mangled horribly.